Transmogrification

Definition: Transmogrification

Transmogrification

Noun

1. Changing into a different form or appearance especially a fantastic or grotesque one: "transmogrification into a porcupine".

Commercial Usage: Transmogrification

Domain	Title
Books	The Transmogrification of Sydney Pellegrini (reference) (more book examples)

Music	R&B Transmogrification (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Transmogrification

Transmogrification is a term often used to define a change in state (usually from human to animal and vice versa; also referred to as shapeshifting; shapeshifting to the form of a different species is specifically known as "lycanthropy") and is frequently used in association with myths and legends pertaining to such creatures as werewolves and vampires. Shapeshifters appear in many fantasy and science fiction stories. In the story of Puss in Boots, the hero (a cat) tricks an ogre into becoming a mouse; he then eats it.

Notable Shapeshifters

Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
The T-1000 (Terminator 2)

Transmogrification is a theme used several times in the Jerry Cornelius stories. The word has been popularized by the Transmogrifier used in Calvin and Hobbes.

See also: The Metamorphosis

Usage Frequency: Transmogrification

"Transmogrification" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transmogrification" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Transmogrification

Modern Translation: Transmogrification

Language		Translations for "transmogrification"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		wunderbare wandlung. (various references)

Greek		μεταμόρφωση (metamorphism, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation). (various references)

Hungarian		teljes átalakítás, meglepő átalakítás. (various references)

Pig Latin		ansmogrificationtray

Russian		удивительное превращение, метаморфоза (metamorphosis). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự l� m biến hoá. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Transmogrification

Derivations
	Words beginning with "transmogrification": transmogrifications. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Transmogrification" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: transmografication, transmogrigication, transmorgrification. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Transmogrification"

Words rhyming with "transmogrification" (pronounced 'Trans*mog`ri*fi*ca"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Anagrams: Transmogrification

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-t"
	-4 letters: fractionations, gratifications, magnifications, mortifications, ratiocinations, transformation, transmigration.
	-5 letters: antifrictions, antiromantics, confirmations, contaminators, fractionating, fractionation, fractionators, gratification, ingratiations, magnification, mortification, notifications, ramifications, ratifications, ratiocinating, ratiocination, ratiocinators, romanticising.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: transmogrifications.
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